Winding and printing machine.



No. 747,623. PAIEN'IEDDEG. 22, 1903. W. I. MARRESPORD.

WINDING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

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PATEN'IED DEC.'22, 1903-.

W. MARRESPORD. Y WINDING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 23, 1900.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM II. MARREsFoRD, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

Patented December 22, 1903.

WINDING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,623, dated December 22, 1903,

Application filed August 23,1900.v Serial No. 27,759. (No model.)

To all whom/.it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MARRES- FORD, a citizenof the United States, residing at New York, in the county of KingslandI State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Winding and Printing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact speciication.

My invention relates to winding and printing machines, and particularly to machinesY -trated one form of construction which the invention may take in practice, and with reference to this construction will describe the invention in detail- In the drawings, Figure lis a side view, showing parts in dotted lines, of a machine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail showing the relative positions of the impression, type, and ink cylinders. Fig. 3 is a detailview of atension device for the belt. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail side and end views, respectively, of the type-cylinder. Fig. 6 is a detail of the idler pulleys and means for tightening the tapes. Fig. 7 is a side View, partly in section, of the ink-cylinder. Fig.,8 is a front view of the machine, and Fig. 9 is a detail View showing the arrangement of the cutting-knife and gripping-fingers.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 1 represent the side frames in which the various cylinders, rollers, 85o., have their bearings. The main orimpression cylinder 2 is mounted in bearings 3, which are movably mounted in the frame in any suitable manner, being preferably arranged to slide in the slots 4 therein. Suitable means, such as the spring 5 surrounding the bolt 6, slidably mounted in the frame and engaging the bearing 3, are provided to normally hold and adjust the latter in position with relation to the type-cylinder. Adjacentto the impression-cylinder is the type-cylinder, the two cylindersbeing geared by gears 9 and 10 to rotate with each other, as shown in Fig. 2. The type-cylinder is provided with longitusides by 'the clips 13.

supported bythe strip 14 and gripped at the v The type may be of special construction having shoulders 16 to be engaged by the clips, or may be of any other convenient style or construction, or carried by the cylinder in any convenient manner. Preferably rubber type are employed` for convenience in handling and' for the reason that the paper generally operated upon by the machine is more or less coarse andv would rapidly wear out type of unyielding material. The inking-cylinder 17is mounted upon a shaft 18, having its bearings in the journals 25 and carryinga gearwheel19,which engages with the gear 10 on the type-cylinder 8. The cylinder proper, 1'7, is hollow and supported upon the shaft by the collars 20V and 21, the latter being removable, as shown in Fig. 8, and also, if preferred, the cylinder may be further supported bya spider 22. The sides of the cylinder 17 have perforations 23 formed therein, and a covering 24 of suitable porous material encircles thev cylinder and covers the same. The shaft 18, which carries the ink-cylinder, is mounted in-journals 25 at each end, the journals 25 being suitably pivoted to and adjustable upon the frame ror preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 1, wherein they are mounted upon the shaft 26, journaled in the frame, the shaft also carrying dog 27,having screw-bolt 28 passing therethrough and impinging upon the frame. Suitable means, such as the tightening-screws 29, are provided for preventing shaft 26 from turning in the frame. The shaft 18 of the inking-cylinder is held in position in the bearings 25 by a spring-clip 30, the latter being held in position by the screw 31. A distributing-cylinder 32 of suitable porous material is also mounted in bearings 33, carried by the bearing 25, and is adjustable to make contact with the face of the type as the cylinders revolve. A cover 34 is also carried by the bearings and protects both cylinders 17 and 32 from dust, &c. Idler-rollers 35 and 36 are mounted in the frames adjacent to the impression-cylinder, and these, together with the :idler-pulleys 37 at each side of the frame, carry the endless tapes 38, which guide the paper through the machine. The pulleys 37 are mounted upon the weighted arms 39, the latter being loosely mounted upon the shaft 40, having its bearings in the frame. The weight of the arms 39 holds the tapes taut.

I The shaft 40 is rotated by lever 75 and has one side cut away at each end to provide a straight surface 41,' against which the end 42 of the dog 7 normally fits, the dog being pivoted to the frame at 43 and its end 42 being held against the straight surface 41 on the shaft by the spring-pressed bearing 3, acting against the other end of the dog. The rods 44, which support the paper to be printed or wound, are mounted at one end in a universal bearing 45 in the frame and at the other end are arranged to rest in slots 46, formed in the arbors 47, which are slidably mounted in the frame and adapted to be held in position therein by the set-screws 48. An arbor 49 is arranged to slide upon the rod 44, and a spring 50, interposed between the arbor and a collar 51, sliding on rod 44 and attached thereto by a set-screw 52, acts to hold the arbor against the end of the roll of paper. A knife-blade 53, carried by the arms 54, which are pivoted to the frame, is adapted to move into and out of the space between the cylinder 2 and the idler-roll 36, the spring 55 normally holding the knife in its upper position, as shown in Fig. 1. Ahandle 56 is attached to the knife for convenience in operating the same.

The winding-roller 57 is revoluble in bearings 58 and 63 and is rotated during the operation of the machine by a belt 59, encircling the pulley 60 upon the shaft of the type-cylinder, and the pulley 61, attached to the roller 57. The roller 57 may be provided with longitudinal grooves 62 or other suitable means for gripping the paper thereto to start t-he winding thereon., The roller 57 is supported in an open bearing 63 at one end and in a universal spring-bearing at the other, the latter bearing being formed bya forked standard 64, recessed in the frame and resting against a spring 65 therein, the standard being free to turn and slide in said recess and the bearing 58 being pivoted in the forked part of the standard by the screws A66 66. Normally the spring 65 forces the standard and shaft outward against the belt 59, thus holding the opposite end steadily against its seat in the bearing 63 and securing proper tension on the belt.

Power is applied to the machine by rotating one of the cylinders. A hand-wheel 67 is attached to the impression-cylinder for con venience in turning over the parts, as in adjusting the machine or for aiding in stopping in motion. The machine may be operated by applying power directly to this wheel. Ordinarily, however, a driving-pulley 68, driven from any convenient source of power, is arranged to be thrown into and out of engagement with the shaft 69 of the type-cylinder 8 by means of a friction clutch formed by mounting a disk 70 upon the shaft 69 and by loosely mounting upon the samev shaft the pulley 68 and a leather disk 71 between the pulley and the disk 70. Against the outer side of the pulley 68 the end 72 of a'pivoted lever 73 impinges. The other end 74 of the lever is operated by a treadle or other suitable means to force the pulley 68 against the disk 71 to drive the machine.

In the operation of the machine, assuming that it is to be used for rewinding only, the roll of paper to be rewound is placed in position by raising one of the rods 44 out of engagement with the slot 46 and sliding the roll thereon, then dropping the rod back into the slot and adjusting the position of the roll by adjusting the position of the arbor 47 by the set-screw 48 and also moving collar 51 toward the roll, so that the spring-pressed arbor 49 engages therewith. The loose end of the roll is then brought down in front of the impres-- sion-cylinder and held with one hand, while with the other hand the operator moves the knife-blade down, forcing the end of the paper in between the impression-cylinder and the idler-roll 36. The machine is then turned, preferably by the hand-wheel, to thread the paper through the rollers, the paper being guided by the tapes 38. As soon as the end comes out of the machine from between the impression-cylinder and the idler-roll 35 the end is taken and rolled around the windingroller 57, the paper being pressed with the fingers into the slots of the roller to facilitate the gripping thereof by the roller. The shaft 40 is turned before the paper is threaded through by pulling upon lever 75. This moves the straight surfaces 41 out of engagement with the ends 42 of dogs 7 and causes the rounded part of the shaft to act on saidr ends as a cam and move the same, forcing the other end against the bearings 3 of the impression-cylinder and moving the same against the pressure of the spring 5. This action moves the impression-cylinder away from the type-cylinder and prevents the paper from receiving any impression from any type that may be in the latter. At the same time the weighted arms 39 move downward by their own Weight and take up the slack of the tapes 38. The operation of the machine is then continued until the roll is entirely rewound. The second roll on the machine, which in the meantime has been placed in position as above described, is then run through in the same manner. The roll upon the roller 57 is removed by lifting the end of the shaft 58 from the open bearing 63, this being permitted by the universal spring-pressed bear ing at the other end.

If the paper is to be printed upon, the le- "roo IIO

ver is released, which allows the springs 5 to force the bearings of the impressionroller back into the position in which the impression-roller contacts with the type in the type-cylinder. The collar 21 is then removed from the inkcylinder and the ink poured in, after which the collar is replaced. The ink soaks into the covering 24 through the perforatious 23, and the type having been previously set in the type-cylinder and the paper threaded through the machine, as above described, 4the machine is started. After the type receive ink from the ink-cylinder they pass under the distributing-roller 32, which removes any surplus ink thereon and at the same time more evenly distributes the ink on the face of the type. The adjustment of the position of the ink-cylinder with respect to the type-cylinder is made by the screws 28, movement thereof adjusting the bearings of the ink-cylinder away from or toward the type-cylinder. In order to permit the adjustment, however, the set-screws 29 should first be loosened.

It will be understood that the machine above described may be modified in numerous ways and that various parts thereof may be dispensed with or other parts substituted therefor without departing from the invention, and I therefore desire it to be understood that I do not herein limit myself to the specific form of machine herein shown. Thus the cutting-knife 76 may be mounted on the winding-roller and a block 77, against which the knife is to cut, mounted in the frame. With such construction a cam 78, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) having projections 79, is mounted on the shaft of the type-cylinder and an oscillating shaft' 80 is mounted in the frame, the shaft carrying the guiding and gripping fingers 81 and the rod 82, which engages with the cam. In order to cut paper of various lengths, the winding-roller carrying the knife-blade is so geared to the typecylinder that it will make the number of revolutions desired with relation to eachr revolution of the type-cylinder, and the cam 78 is provided with a corresponding number of projections 79, so that as the knifeblade comes in contact with the paper at each revolution the gripping-fingers grasp and hold the paper while it is' being cut. With such an arrangement the knife-blade usually has a spiral edge in order to make a shearing cut and the gripping of the paper insures that the cut shall be straight all the way across the paper. While the movement of the machine will cause the paper to buckle for a moment while being cut, it will nevertheless spring forward again immediately upon be-v ing released. When used with a cutting` knife, it will be understood that the bearings of the winding-roller should be rigid, which' Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a main cylinder mounted in movable bearings, a cylinder against which said main cylinder contacts mounted in xed bearings, idler-pulleys and conveying-tapes, means for causing one or more of said idlers to tauten the tapes, a pivoted dog or dogs, means for normally locking said dog or dogs, a spring normally holding the bearings of said main cylinder in contact with said dog or dogs, and means for moving said dog or dogs to move the bearings of the main cylinder against the tension of said spring, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a main cylinder mounted in movable bearings, a cylinder against which said main cylinder contacts mounted in fixed bea-rings, idler-pulleys and conveying-tapes, mean's for causing one or more of said idlers to tauten the tapes, a pivoted dog or dogs, a shaft having a fiattened portion, a weighted arm or arms pivoted to said shaft and carrying one or more of said idlers, one end of said dogs impinging against said movable bearings, a spring normally holding the bearings of said main cylinder against the other end of said dog or dogs, and a lever adapted to rotate said shaft, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a main cylinder, idler-pulleys, conveying-t-apes carried by said idlers and arranged to hold the thread of paper against the main cylinder, a knife blade adapted to move into the space between said main cylinder and one of said idlers, and means for normally holding said knife-blade in a position outside'of said space, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a main cylinder, idler-pulleys, conveying-tapes carried by said idlers and arranged to hold a thread of paper against the main cylinder, a type-cylinder, contacting with said main cylinder and having longitudinal slots for thc reception of type, a hollow ink-cylinder having a porous circumference contacting with said type-cylinder, and a distributiugroller contacting with said type-cylinder, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a main cylinder', idler-pulleys, conveying-tapes carried by said idlers and arranged to hold the thread of paper against the main cylinder, a type-cylinder contacting with said main cylinder and having longitudinal slots for the reception of type, aY distributing-roller contacting with said type-cylinder, a hollow ink-cylinder having a perforated'circumference covered with a covering of porous material contacting with said type-cylinder, and bearingsv common to said distributing-roller and ink-cylinder, said bearings being pivoted and adjustable upon the pivot, substantially as described.

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6. In a machine of the character described, the combination of the side frames, a main cylinder and two idler-rollers, parallel to each other and journaled in said frames, endless conveying-tapes carried by said idler-rollers and impinging against the circumference of said main cylinder, weighted idler-pulleys adapted to tauten said tapes, arms upon which said idlers are mounted, said arms being pivoted upon the frames, a type -cylinder contacting with said main cylinder,and means for inking the type-cylinder, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a main cylinder, idlerpulleys, conveying-ta pes carried by said idler and arranged to hold a thread of paper againstthe main cylinder, a type-cylinder, contacting with said main cylinder, a hollow inkcylinder contacting with said type-cylinder and having perforations in the sides thereof, a shaft therefor, two supporting-collars for supporting said cylinder upon said shaft at the ends thereof, one of said collars being screw-threaded upon said shaft and detachable from said cylinder, a covering of porous material encircling the cylinder and adapted to engage the face of the type, and means for adjusting the position of said shaft with respect tothe type-cylinder,substantially as described. Y

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a main cylinder, idlerpulleys,conveyingtapes carried by said idlers and arranged to hold the thread of paper against the main cylinder, a type-cylinder having longitudinal slots for the reception of type, a hollow ink-cylinder having perforations in the sides thereof, a shaft therefor, supporting-collars for supporting said cylinder upon said shaft, a cover of porous material encircling said in lr-cylinder and adapted to engage the face of the type and a distributing-roller of porous material engaging the face of the type after the same has passed said ink-roller, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination of amain cylinder, idlerpulleys,conveyingtapes carried by said idlers and arranged to hold the thread of paper against the main cylinder, a winding-roller, an open bearing at one end thereof and a hinged spring-pressed bearing at the other end of the same, and means for rotating said winding-roller, said means cooperating with said spring to hold the said roller in its bearings, substantially as described.

l0. The combination of a main cylinder mounted in movable bearings, two or more idler-pulleys mounted in stationary bearings and one'or more idler-pulleys mounted in movable bearings, endless conveying-tapes supported by said idler-pulleys against the main cylinder, driving means for operating said cylinder, and means exerting continual force against said pulleys in movable bearings to move the same outward and tauten said tapes, substantially as described.

11. Inamachine of the character described, the combination ofa main cylinder, idler-pulleys, conveying-tapes carried by said idlers and arranged to hold the thread of paper against the main cylinder, a plurality of removable rods for supporting paper to be wound, said rods being so mounted that one may lie idle while the other is in operation, a winding-roller, and means for rotating the winding-roller, substantially as described.

l2. Inamachine ofthe characterdescribed, the combination of a main cylinder, idler-pulleys, conveying-tapes carried by said idlers and arranged to hold the thread of paper against the main cylinder, a shaft moved simultaneously with said main cylinder, a cutting-knife carried by said shaft, an oscillating finger or fingers adapted to grip the thread of the paper and arrest its motion immediately in front of the knife, and means for moving said fingers immediately before the operation of the knife, substantially as described.

13. In a machine of the character described, the combination of the side frames, a main cylinder, a type-cylinder contacting with said main cylinder and having removable type, both of said cylinders being journaled in said frames and parallel to each other, a plurality of removable rods mounted in said frames and arranged to support a roll of paper, said rods being so mounted with respect to the main cylinder that one may be idle while the other is in operation, means for holding the thread of said paper against said main cylinder, a windingroller and means for rotating the winding-roller, substantially as described.

14. In a machine of thecharacter described, the combination of the side frames, a main cylinder, idler-rollers, and a type-cylinder having removable type, said cylinders and said rollers all being journaled in said frames and being parallel with each other, the said main and type cylinders contacting with each other, a plurality of removable rods mounted in said frames and adapted to support a roll of paper, said rods being so mounted with respect to the main cylinder that one may be idle while the other is in operation, means includin; r said idler-rollers for holding the thread of paper against the main cylinder, a winding-roller, and means for rotating the winding-roller, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. MARRESFORD.

Witnesses:

C. V. EDWARDS, E. H. TUCKER. 

